Hannah HALVORSEN
United States of AmericaEvents and Medals
| Discipline | Event | Rank | Medal |
|---|---|---|---|
 Cross-Country Skiing |
Women's Sprint Free | 43 |
Schedule
Biographical Information
Highlights
Historical Results
| Youth Olympic Games | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Year | Location |
| 6 | Sprint Classic | 2016 | Lillehammer, NOR |
| 8 | Cross-Country Skiing / Ski Jumping / Nordic Combined Team | 2016 | Lillehammer, NOR |
| 13 | Cross Freestyle | 2016 | Lillehammer, NOR |
| 17 | 5 kilometres Freestyle | 2016 | Lillehammer, NOR |
| World Cup Rankings | ||
|---|---|---|
| Season | All | Sprint |
| 2021/2022 | 63 | 38 |
| 2020/2021 | 78 | 44 |
Best performances per season in World Cup events from 2018/2019 - Individual events until 15km
| Season | SP C | SP F | 10km C | 10km F | 10km P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 1 x 53rd | 1 x 7th | 1 x 78th | ||
| 2020/21 | 1 x 56th | 2 x 23rd | |||
| 2018/19 | 1 x 41st | 1 x 58th | 1 x 56th |
| Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Season | Location |
| 7 | SP F Final Ladies | 2021/2022 | Dresden, GER |
| 15 | Teamsprint Finals Ladies | 2021/2022 | Dresden, GER |
| 28 | SP F Final Ladies | 2021/2022 | Lillehammer, NOR |
| 52 | SP F Final Ladies | 2021/2022 | Davos, SUI |
| 53 | SP C Final Ladies | 2021/2022 | Ruka, FIN |
| 78 | 10 km F Ladies | 2021/2022 | Davos, SUI |
Cooking, reading, painting, hanging out with friends, being outside, and playing online video games with younger brother. (Athlete, Jun 2021)
Athlete, Student
Enrolled at Alaska Pacific University with a double major in psychology and business. (hannahhalvorsen.com)
Attended Sugar Bowl Academy, a college preparatory high school for competitive skiers, located in the Sierra Nevada, near Lake Tahoe (CA). (teamusa.org)
Parents Jon and Julie. Five younger siblings: Brothers Haydn, Bjorn, Sven, Chasyn. Sister Savannah.
English
Alaska Pacific University Nordic Ski Center (Anchorage, AK, USA)
Personal: Erik Flora (USA)
Brother Haydn Halvorsen (Cross-country skiing): Competed at two National Championships (2017, 2018).
Brother Bjorn Halvorsen (Cross-country skiing): Competed at the 2020 National Championships. Joined the Alaska Pacific University (APU) team in autumn 2021. (Instagram.com, Jun 2021)
Triathlon: In the past summers she has competed in Olympic distance triathlons. (my.usskiandsnowboard.org)
2019 World Cup in Dresden (Sprint - 35th)
November 2019: Suffered a skull fracture, bleeding and bruising of the brain, a tibia fracture, and completely torn left medial collateral and posterior collateral ligaments (that required surgery in Vail, CO) when she was hit by a car while crossing the street in Anchorage. Went to the U.S. Ski & Snowboard’s Center of Excellence in Park City, Utah in January 2020 to rehabilitate, where she was able to focus 100% of her attention on recovery and specifically building core and leg strength. (hannahhalvorsen.com; fis-ski.com, 31 Aug 2020)
2017
Was introduced to cross-country skiing as a family lifestyle when she was two years old growing up in Truckee, CA. She started racing at 11. (my.usskiandsnowboard.org)
Did many sports as a youngster, from football (soccer), tennis, and gymnastics to rock climbing, mountain biking, alpine ski racing, triathlon, cross-country running, and cross-country skiing. Eventually focused on cross-country skiing because she saw that the dream of being an Olympian really was possible. (hannahhalvorsen.com)
Make the Olympic team, a sprint semi-final, have fun training and racing. (Athlete, Jun 2021)
Finishing 23rd in Ulricehamn and Dresden World Cup sprints, taking second at USA Nationals. (Athlete, Jun 2021)
Cross-country skier Kikkan Randall (USA), 2018 Olympic team sprint champion, three-time World Championships medallist. (Athlete, Jun 2021)
"The people who have believed in me and encouraged me to go for it." (Athlete, Jun 2021)
Keeps everything she brings to the venue clean and organised. (Athlete, Jun 2021)
"What can I do today." (Athlete, Jun 2021)
"I want to be the skier who races fast, but drives the speed limit." (Instagram, 5 Aug 2020)
Buddy Werner Sportsmanship Award Winner (2020), awarded by the US Ski Team in recognition of Buddy Werner, a legendary ski racer and one of only two United States athletes to ever win the fabled Hahnenkamm downhill in Kitzbuehel (AUT).
